Ott v. Tindal

Finney, Justice:

Appellant, D. Leslie Tindal, Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (Department), appeals from an order of the circuit court which reversed the Commissioner’s reduction of compensation for losses claimed by respondents, Jimmy Ott and Calvin Grooms, under the South Carolina Dealers and Handlers Guaranty Fund Act, S. C. Code Ann. § 46-41-200 to -250 (1976). We affirm the circuit court’s order.

In January and February 1986 respondents sold and delivered grain to Agripen Grain Company, Inc. Under their contracts with Agripen, Ott was to be paid $2.95 per…